Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan is only great when he acts from passion.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Travel teaches toleration.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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There is moderation even in excess.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
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My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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